Our land ice numerical models simulate the behaviour of land ice, incorporating ice flow, melting and accumulation supporting scientists to predict potential future scenarios. We can use data sets and models to assess the mass balance of ice sheets in regions like Greenland and Antarctica, which supports scientists to understand sea level rise and its impact on the global climate.
Related Projects
BIOPOLE – Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in a changing polar system.
Providing a step change in the knowledge and predictive capability concerning how polar ecosystems regulate the chemical balance of the world’s oceans and, through it, their effect on global fish stocks and carbon storage.
CANARI – Climate change in the Arctic-North Atlantic region and impact on the UK.
Advancing the understanding of the impacts on the UK arising from climate variability and change in the Arctic-North Atlantic region.
TerraFIRMA – Future impacts risks and mitigation actions
Providing reliable guidance on the risks and impacts of future climate change
BISICLES Land Ice Model
CPOM leads UK development of the BISICLES ice sheet model. BISICLES is a state-of-the-art high-performance parallel ice sheet model that employs our own adaptive mesh techniques and data assimilation methods to simulate continental ice sheets.
Recent Publications
- Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise
- The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6
- Northeast sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to undergo the greatest inland expansion of supraglacial lakes during the 21st century
- Supraglacial lakes on the Greenland ice sheet advance inland under warming climate
